West Lakes Shore

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 3,000 people were counted in West Lakes Shore: of these 48.9% were male and 51.1% were female. Of the total population 0.1% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in West Lakes Shore there were 451 children aged 0-14 years and 808 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in West Lakes Shore, 2,806 people were Australian citizens, 615 were born overseas and 32 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in West Lakes Shore, 57.4% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 10.0% were separated or divorced, 5.8% were widowed and 26.6% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in West Lakes Shore, 77.3% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within West Lakes Shore were England 5.9%, Italy 2.5%, Scotland 1.6%, Germany 0.9% and Greece 0.9%.

Of all people counted in West Lakes Shore on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 27.5%, Anglican 17.3%, No Religion 15.5%, Uniting Church 14.2% and Orthodox 3.9%.

On Census Night 2001 in West Lakes Shore, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 3.8%, Greek 2.0%, Croatian 0.8%, Cantonese 0.8% and Russian 0.7%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 86.8% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 1,661 people aged 15 years and over in West Lakes Shore were in the labour force. Of these 58.7% worked full-time, 35.5% worked part-time, 2.1% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 3.7% were unemployed. 862 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in West Lakes Shore, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 13.8%, Professionals 12.5%, Associate Professionals 8.6%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 5.6%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.4%, Managers and Administrators 5.3%, Labourers and Related Workers 3.9%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 3.7% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.5%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in West Lakes Shore, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 6.4%, Health Services 5.3%, Education 5.2%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 4.3% and Food Retailing 3.7%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in West Lakes Shore, 904 families were counted: of these, 40.3% were couple families without children, 47.6% were couple families with children, 11.0% were one parent families and 1.2% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in West Lakes Shore, 1,199 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in West Lakes Shore, 73.5% were separate houses, 25.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in West Lakes Shore, 56.3% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 25.8% were being purchased and 14.1% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in West Lakes Shore, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 39.6% were rented from a real estate agent, 9.5% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 48.5% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in West Lakes Shore, 74.7% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 21.9% were single (or lone) person households and 2.3% were group households.